What You'll Do

  • Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.
  • Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
  • Verify signatures and required information on checks.
  • Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
  • Perform bookkeeping work, including posting data or keeping other records concerning costs of goods or services or the shipment of goods.
  • Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
  • Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.
  • Contact customers to obtain or relay account information.
  • Review documents, such as purchase orders, sales tickets, charge slips, or hospital records, to compute fees or charges due.
  • Keep records of invoices and support documents.

Essential Skills

Reading Comprehension 3.62/5
Mathematics 3.25/5
Active Listening 3.12/5
Speaking 3.12/5
Critical Thinking 3.12/5
Monitoring 3.12/5
Time Management 3.12/5
Writing 3.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 2.88/5
Service Orientation 2.88/5
Complex Problem Solving 2.88/5
Judgment and Decision Making 2.88/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Integrity, Dependability, Attention to Detail, Independence, Concern for Others

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Written Comprehension 3.62/5
Near Vision 3.62/5
Oral Expression 3.5/5
Information Ordering 3.5/5
Oral Comprehension 3.38/5
Written Expression 3.38/5
Speech Recognition 3.38/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.25/5

Technologies & Tools

Accounting software Accuity EPICWare Aderant legal software Allscripts Professional PM Automated billing software CAI Software Seasoft Check imaging software Check processing software Check sorting control software Customer relationship management CRM software Database software Desktop publishing software eMDs Medisoft Epic Systems File management systems Fiserv PEP+ reACH GE Healthcare Centricity EMR Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS HelpIT Systems addressIT IBM Cognos Impromptu

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Integrity (High importance: 4.97/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.73/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.65/5)
  • Independence (High importance: 4.42/5)
  • Concern for Others (High importance: 4.41/5)

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How to Become One

This career typically requires vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some specialized training or certification may also be required.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Account Clerk Account Services Representative (Accounts Services Rep) Accounting Assistant Accounting Machine Operator Accounts Adjustable Clerk Accounts Analyst Accounts Payable Analyst Accounts Payable Associate Accounts Payable Clerk Accounts Payable Coordinator Accounts Receivable Analyst Accounts Receivable Clerk (AR Clerk) Accounts Receivable Coordinator (AR Coordinator) Accounts Service Representative (Accounts Service Rep) Adding Machine Operator Audit Machine Operator Bill Checker Bill of Lading Clerk (BOL Clerk) Bill of Materials Clerk (BOM Clerk) Biller Billing Analyst Billing Assistant Billing Clerk Billing Control Clerk Billing Coordinator Billing Representative Billing Specialist Billing Typist Bookkeeping Assistant Calculator Operator Check Totaler Check Writer COD Clerk (Cash On Delivery Clerk) Comptometer Operator Comptometrist Cost Recorder Customer Billing Specialist Delivery Service Pricer Demurrage Agent Demurrage Clerk Demurrage Worker Deposit Clerk Deposit Refund Clerk Documentation Billing Clerk Electric Accounting Machine Operator (EAM Operator) Estimate Clerk Fee Clerk Financial Processor Foreign Clerk Freight Rate Analyst Freight Rate Clerk Freight Rate Specialist Interline Clerk Invoice Checker Invoice Clerk Invoice Control Clerk Invoice Machine Operator Invoicing Specialist Item Processing Clerk (IP Clerk) Item Processor Laundry Pricing Clerk Machine Biller Medical Biller Medical Billing Clerk Medical Billing Specialist Medical Insurance Biller Medical Reimbursement Specialist Medical Voucher Clerk Message Service Pricer Patient Account Representative (Patient Account Rep) Post Tronic Machine Operator Posting Clerk Posting Machine Operator Pre-Audit Clerk Pre-Billing Specialist Price Lister Pricer Pricing Clerk Processing Clerk Proof Machine Operator Rate Clerk Rate Examiner Rate Marker Rate Reviewer Rate Setter Rater Rating Clerk Rating Examiner Receipt Clerk Receivables Specialist Reconciler Reconciliation Clerk Reconciliation Machine Operator Reconciliation Processor Reconciling Clerk Reimbursement Specialist Report Clerk Revising Clerk Securities Clerk Services Clerk Settlement Clerk Spot Billing Clerk Statement Clerk Statement Distribution Clerk Statement Processor Statement Rendering Processor Statement Services Representative (Statement Services Rep) Tax Clerk Telegraph Service Rater Toll Settlement Clerk Toll Ticket Clerk Tonnage Compilation Clerk Traffic Rate Clerk Traffic Rate Computer Voucher Clerk Yard Demurrage Clerk